June 25 – July 7, 1993
Feature Image by Rick Pottruff
Keynote Exhibit 1993:
Canada’s First People – A Celebration of Contemporary Native Visual Arts
Curated by Dana Williams
Produced by The Alberta Part Art Society (1981).
The keynote exhibit in 1993 featured a diverse group of 28 Canadian First Nations Artists. Canada’s First People - A Celebration of Contemporary Native Visual Arts included a wide range of themes and mediums, representing the broad range of influences in contemporary native art. These paintings, drawings, photography, carving, and mixed media works made references to the concerns of First Nations Peoples. Many issues developed out of a sense of anger and frustration, but there was also hope &insight for the future.
Photo Credit: Tina Chang,1993
Photo Credit: Tina Chang,1993
Cycle Circus
Helen Baier Buzik (Sculptor), Julie Funk (Dancer)
and Helen Miller (Choreographer)
A collaborative event integrating ceramics and dance, Cycle Circus was an installation that represented a "circular web of life." Its narrative explored the representation of three archetypal characters inherent to the human cycle of life. These characters, the Gatherer, the Hunter and the Fool, were originally in a dream that Miller expressed through her choreography. The collaboration between Buzik, Funk and Miller resulted in a work that merged spatial perception with time and movement.
Subversive Textiles Association of Artists
SUBTEXT
Part of The Works Window Watching Program, designed to bring art to the pedestrian traffic along Jasper Avenue, SUBTEXT was one of many small-scale exhibitions. A metaphor for everyday life, in which regular household objects and materials celebrate a nurturing environment, SUBTEXT explored the relationship between covering and uncovering domestic social issues.
Photo Credit: Tina Chang,1993
The Works Featured Artist Exhibits
Rick Pottruff – The Works Festival Guide cover art.
Alberta Craft Council – “Alberta Home Made,” Manulife Place.
Alberta Glass Artists – “Glass Art,” Manulife Place.
Alberta Society of Artists – “Blocking the View;” “Couples;” “The Figure Refigured;” “Way Out West,” Manulife Place.
Interplay: David Armstrong, Kathleen Arnold, Jeff Collins and Michelle J. Matthews – “When I was a Child,” CHQT Building.
Helen Baier Buzik, Julie Funk, and Helen Miller – “Cycle Circus,” Manulife Place.
Gloria Belcher, Ann Manning, and Lindley McDougall – “The Lamb,” Edmonton Public Library.
Douglas Bentham – “The Eternals – New Sculpture by Douglas Bentham,” Canada Place.
Brad Blasko – “Vintage Chrome,” The Hudson’s Bay Centre.
Fred Brown – “Natural Resource: High Voltage,” Manulife Place.
Coyotes Howl Again: Alan Brownoff, Anne Bagan, Daniel Bagan, E.J. Pigeau, John Maywood, Lee Bale, Tommie Gallie, Robert Van Schaik, Donna Groot, Robert Campbell, Jim Davies, Carla Costuros, Adèle Knowler, and Monica Tap – “Frontier,” Canada Trust Building.
Debra Cherniawsky – “New Works,” Rigoletto’s Café.
Brian Clark – “Rock Talk,” Manulife Place-Holt Renfrew.
Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen – “Feeding the Beast: Delainey and Rasmussen,” City Centre Building.
Derrick Denholm – “Three Forest Scenes,” Sunflower Café.
Miles-Ellis – “LOVELY BUNS – THE SEXY DOLL,” Boystown Café.
“Faces of Life – an AIDS Benefit” – The Roost Rumpusroom and Underground.
FAVA – “Ars Artium: A FAVA Retrospective,” Edmonton Public Library.
Formolo Dance Association – “Greeting the Morning,” City Hall.
Tom Gale – “Angels in Architecture – Every Angel is Terrifying,” City Centre Building.
Jeffrey Graham – “Interrogation of Desire,” Harcourt House.
Red Deer College Residency Program, artists Ray Hearn, Bill Hunt, Liz Hunt, Janet Mansfield, Ann Roberts, Nelson Shaw, Chuck Wissinger – “North Star to Southern Cross,” Manulife Place.
Morley Hollenberg, George Koller, John McDowell, and Myken Woods – “Brushes on Fire.”
Kim Huynh – “The Subjects and Power,” The Citadel Theatre.
The Indian Printmakers Guild – “The Indian Printmakers Guild,” Scotia Place.
Joyce Jablonski – “A Moment to the Sojourn of a Pinnace Part of the Call Series,” The Westin Hotel; “Ceramics Display,” University of Alberta Extension Centre Gallery.
Wisdom Communications, artists Randall Kabatoff and Gary Oker – “Wisdom,” Edmonton Public Library.
Keyano College Visual Art Students’ Exhibit – “Keyano College Art Student Exhibition,” Manulife Place.
Adèle Knowler – “Life Changes,” Edmonton Centre.
Steven Mack – “Earth and Seed,” Woodwards, Edmonton Centre.
Candace Makowichuk – “Multiple Visions, an installation,” The Empire Building.
Fotofeis – Scottish International Festival of Photography, curator Collin Macleod – “Digital Landscapes,” Manulife Place.
David More – “Forest Fade to Silent,” Manulife Place.
Hugh Merrill – “Vidalita I, Vidalita II,” Manulife Place; “Print Display,” The Boardwalk Market.
Violet Owen – “Untitled,” Select Restaurant and Bar.
Leonard Penny, Todd Tedeschini, Karl Bergen, Lyndon McLaren, Greg Stirling, Rick Decore – “Bawlz,” The Melton Building.
Rick Pottruff – “Are We There Yet?” Edmonton Centre.
D’arcy Rogusky – “Just another Rugnugget,” College Copy Shop.
Sculptor’s Association of Alberta – “Figure and Form,” Manulife Place.
Heather Shillinglaw – National Film Board of Canada – “Metis Women; A Progression Through Time,” Canada Place.
Dana Rae Shukster – “Masque Metamorphosis,” Centennial Building.
Dean Smale – “Heroic Bellies,” Manulife Place.
Mitchell Stuart – “Pangaean Window,” Manulife Place-Zenari's.
Peter Voice – “World Champion Chalk Artist,” Jasper Avenue.
Vladimir Sevcik – “Realist Classicism of the 1990s by Vladimir Sevcik,” The Hudson’s Bay Centre.
D’arcy J. Rogusky – “Black and White Rugnuggets,” CHQT Building.
University of Alberta Faculty of Extension – “Faculty of Extension Exhibition,” Manulife Place.
Robert D. von Eschen – “Coffee Works,” Edmonton Renaissance Hotel, The Boulevard Dining Room.
Syncrude Canada Ltd, curated by Dana Williams – “Canada’s First People – A Celebration of Contemporary Native Visual Arts,” City Centre Building.
Linda O’Neill Zukowski – “Objectscapes,” Edmonton Renaissance Hotel, The Boulevard Dining Room.
Exhibits at Partner Galleries
Edmonton Art Gallery:
“From Sea to Sea: The Development of Art in Canada.”
Curators Elizabeth Kidd, Nicholas Metivier, and Pat Grattan – “The Prints of Christopher Pratt.”
“Lazare Markovitch Khidekel Suprematist works 1920-1924.”
Curator Kitty Scott – “Local Stories;” “To Touch: an installation by Janet Cardiff.”
“Sculpture by Invitation”